Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . 1
Predesktop Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Antidote Delivery Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rejuvenating and migrating. . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hints and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upgrading consideration . . . . . . . . . . 5
Compatibility with Computrace, Storage
Management Subsystem, and Windows
Recovery Console . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Requirements for installation on Lenovo
computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Requirements for installation on non-Lenovo
computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Installing the Rescue and Recovery program . . . . 7
Administrative installation . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation log files . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation components . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rescue and Recovery customized public
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Rescue and Recovery environmental
variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Including the Rescue and Recovery program in a
disk image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Using PowerQuest Drive Image based tools
with the Rescue and Recovery program . . .
13
Using Symantec Ghost based tools with the
Rescue and Recovery program . . . . . .
14
Compatibility with BitLocker . . . . . . . . . 14
Compatibility with BitLocker without TPM . . 14
Best practice of BitLocker encryption on
a system with the Rescue and Recovery
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 17
XML and ADM file configurations . . . . . . . 17
Recovery methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single file restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
File rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operating system and applications restore . . 18
Rejuvenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Full restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Custom recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Scheduling backups and associated tasks . . 21
Mapping a network drive for backups . . . . 22
Sysprep backup or restore . . . . . . . . 23
Password persistence . . . . . . . . . . 26
Battery power settings for backups. . . . . 27
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) . . . . 27
Configurations in the Rescue and Recovery
Windows environment. . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Setting the base backup location . . . . . 27
Configuring registry settings to include and
exclude backup files
. . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Rescue and Recovery user
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Configurations in the Rescue and Recovery
Predesktop Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Windows Vista considerations . . . . . . . 30
Using the RRUTIL.EXE utility . . . . . . . 31
Using the pdaguixx.ini configuration file . . . 37
Removing Factory Restore . . . . . . . . 42
Trouble ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring the Opera browser . . . . . . 43
Changing the video resolution . . . . . . . 49
Startup applications . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 4. Rejuvenation and
migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Creating a command file . . . . . . . . . . . 53
File commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
File-migration commands . . . . . . . . . . 57
Examples of file-migration commands . . . . . 60
Selecting files during the capture phase . . . 61
Migrating additional application settings . . . . 62
Creating an application file . . . . . . . . 67
Example of an application.xml file for Adobe
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Chapter 5. Best practices . . . . . . 75
Scenario 1 - New rollouts . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preparing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 75
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop . 78
Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems . . . . . 80
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
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